Improved wardrobe



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EZRA'DURAND, OF CHELSEA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED WARDROBE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,473, dated May 12,1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EZRA DURAND, of Chelsea, in the county ofWashtenawand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWardrobes 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention whenexpanded or open, the line Fig. 2, indicating the plane of section. Fig.2 is a horizontal section of the same when closed, the plane of sectionbeing indicated by the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to combine with` a wardrobe, bureau, orother similar piece of furniture a clothes-drier or device for airingthe clothes contained in said wardrobe or bureau.

The invention consists in combining with the movable side or end boardof a wardrobe or bureau a series of bars connected together on theprinciple oflazy-tongs in such a manner that on drawing out said movableside or end board the lazy-tongs are expanded and a large amount ofhangingroom is provided for the purpose of airing the clothes containedin the wardrobe or bureau, or for the purpose of drying the clothesbefore they are put away; the whole being so arranged that it can beclosed up with the clothes hanging on the cross-bars of lazy-tongs,leaving nothing visi ble in the room but a nice'piece of furniture.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A represents a wardrobe, which may be constructed in any desirablemanner and size, and which may be provided with shelves c, or withdrawers, if desired. This wardrobe is divided in two compartments, b c,by a partition, d-one compartment to contain the shelves or drawers andthe other the drying or airing device B. This device consists of woseries of bars or slats, e, connected together on the principle oflazy-tongs', and provided with cross-bars f to receive the clothes tobe' dried or aired. The end bars, 6*, are pivoted to the stationary backpart of the wardrobe A, and the opposite end bars, ci, are pivoted toflanges or lugs g, projecting from the inner surface of the movable endboard, h, ofthe wardrobe. This board rests on separate legs or rollers,and it is providedA with a handle or knob, i, so that it canconveniently be drawn out when desired. When closed up, said end boardis fastened by buttons j. By drawing out the end board, h, thelazy-tongs e expand and a large amount of hanging-room is obtained onthe cross-bars f. The clothes contained in the wardrobe can thus beaired whenever it may be desirable, or the clothes can be dried beforethey are placed into the Wardrobe.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be noticed that the slats e are somewhatwider than the length of the diameter of the cross-bars j', andwhenvtlie lazy-tongs are closed up, spaces k exist between the adjoiningcross-bars. The object of this construction is to allow of closing upthe lazytongs with the clothes on. The wardrobe may thus be placed in agood room and the clothes hung up on the lazy-tongs, and in case ofasurprise by visitors the end board, h, is closed up with all the clotheson the cross-barsf, and nothing can be seen in the room but a nice pieceof furniture.

It is obvious that the device for airing or drying clothes can beattached to ,either end or side, and the wardrobe can be made high orlow and in any desirable form or shape, and it can be set on casters, sothat it can be conveniently moved from one place to another.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as an improved article ofmanufacture- A A wardrobe provided with an attached clothesdryin gdevice, made and operating as herein shown and described.

EZRA DURAND.

Witnesses HIRAM PIERCE, ASA BLACKNY.

